Montego Glover

Biography

Montego Glover was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
A graduate of Florida State University with a BFA in Music Theatre, Montego made her Broadway debut in The Color Purple in the roles of Celie & Nettie. She created the role of Felicia Farrell in the Broadway hit musical Memphis and received a Tony Award Nomination for Lead Actress in a Musical as well as a Drama League Nomination and won both the Outer Critics' Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for her performance. Most recently, Montego enjoyed a critically acclaimed run as Nina in New York debut of The Royale at Lincoln Center Theater, which garnered her a Special Drama Desk Ensemble Award for her work, a delightfully comedic turn as Annie Shepard in the new musical comedyIt Shoulda Been You, and joined the cast of Les Miserables as Fantine in the current Broadway revival.
While based in New York, Montego has been privileged to travel to a number of exciting theatre companies around the country including: La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Geffen Playhouse, The Huntington Theatre, and Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre to name a few. And the productions have been as varied as the locations: Aida (4 productions in the role of Aida, IRNE Award-Best Actress in a Musical), Ragtime (2 productions in the role of Sarah),Dreamgirls (Lorrell), She Loves Me (Ms. Ritter), Oklahoma (Ado Annie), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia), Westside Story (Anita), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magadelene), and Once On This Island (TiMoune, Helen Hayes Award Nomination), and The Royale (Nina, Craig Noel Award Nomination) among others.
Travel has also given Montego an impressive list of credits in Concert work both in New York and around the country. She has been a Guest Artist for the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Caramoor Music Festival, the Smith Center in Las Vegas, the Concordia Conservatory (Hoch Chamber Series) and most recently the Calgary Philharmonic, and Sun Valley Symphony Orchestra.
While thriving in the theatre and concert work Montego also spends time in television, film, and commercials. On television Montego has appeared on Black Box, The Following, Hostages, Smash, Golden Boy, The Good Wife, White Collar, NYC 22, Law & Order,and Made In Jersey as well as several award winning programs for PBS including Memphis on Broadway. Montego's numerous commercial campaigns include: Campbell's Soup, Chase, Samsung, Verizon, Charmin, Subway, Nickelodeon, and McDonald's. And Montego has not been limited to voicing for products and networks, she has also lent her voice to avatars for the Star Wars franchise with Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and Star Wars: The Old Republic. And in the world of animation she can be heard voicing characters for Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go.
Montego has served on the Artists' Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors, and recently joined the community efforts of the New York Pops by becoming a PopsEd Ambassador.